Iowa's Hospitality Operators Survey

The Iowa Restaurant Association is working on two important legislative issues. The first is protecting your ability to pay servers and other front of the house team a “tip wage.” The second is a call for a complete repeal of DRAM insurance for restaurants and bars and replacing the requirement with a state run victim’s fund. Read about both issues at www.restaurantiowa.com.

To assist our efforts, we are putting a face on our industry for legislators and media. We would like to include you in a package that profiles Iowa’s hospitality operators. Can you take a few moments to share some information? We will take the information you provide, create a profile and send it to you for approval before we begin distributing it.

Please include your e-mail address so we can quickly get your final okay on the profile.

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* 1. General Information

Name

Email Address

Name of establishment

City & County of establishment

Years in business

Year you started working in the restaurant industry and in what job

Was your first job a minimum wage job?

May the National Restaurant Association create a profile from the information collected in this survey?

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* 2. About Your Employees

Number of people you employ:

Number of full time employees:

Number of part time employees:

How many make more than minimum wage?

How many are tipped employees?

What is the average amount of time people stay working in your establishment?

Do any employees (besides you) support a family?

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* 3. Do you have any growth plans?

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* 4. What is your greatest challenge and why?

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* 5. About DRAM Insurance

Do you pay DRAM insurance?

Have you seen an increase in the past 3 years?

Can you share specifics?

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* 6. What is your greatest point of pride about your establishment and why?

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* 7. Why do you work in the hospitality industry?

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* 8. What do you think is the greatest misconception about your industry?

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* 9. Additional Comments

*Please e-mail your logo in .jpg format to kkostek@restaurantiowa.com. Thank you*